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Thematic page: Land data. Only type "Land cover data"
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Data about farming practices / activities, normally for the purpose of compiling agricultural census statistics. Normally associated with land use data. -
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Land cover indicates the physical land type such as forest or open water. Land cover data documents how much of a region is covered by forests, wetlands, impervious surfaces, agriculture, and other land and water types. Land cover can be determined by analyzing satellite and aerial imagery. (Source: NOAA: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lclu.html) -
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Data including the location, dimensions, boundaries and ownership of land parcels, which may also include details such as titles and specified land use.-
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Cadaster data come from official cadasters maintained by the public administration in a country, Cadaster data records the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country. -
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Data about land ownership in countries or communities with informal land ownership regulations, not covered by national cadasters
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Data regarding agricultural land usage and changes in usage, such as different crop or vegetation cover. Land use shows how people use the landscape – whether for development, conservation, or mixed uses
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Data related to consumable products, such as menu and recipe information and ingredients, and may include a breakdown of treatments and pesticide usage. -
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Basic geospatial data, including raster and vector maps, administrative boundaries, points of data. Data including topographic and physical maps (and satellite or laser imagery) of natural features such as mountains, rivers and forests, and transport and building infrastructure. -
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Government data regarding official records, which may include relevant licenses and permits, safety inspection data, tariffs rates and pesticide usage data. -
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Various population and agricultural-related data, which may include employment statistics, food security indicators, amounts of land dedicated to/value added by different crops, crop yields, fertiliser and irrigation usage, and other agricultural production details.
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LCCS
Publisher(s) / Maintainer(s):
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) is a comprehensive, standardized a priori classification system, designed to meet specific user requirements, and created for mapping exercises,...
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International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
The International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP) defines ecosystems surface classifications.
LCML
Publisher(s) / Maintainer(s):
International Standards Organisation
ISO 19144-2:2012 specifies a Land Cover Meta Language (LCML) expressed as a UML metamodel that allows different land cover classification systems to be described based on the physiognomic aspects...
LC-CCI
Publisher(s) / Maintainer(s):
Climate Change Initiative (CCI)
The Climate Change Initiative (CCI) generates global Land Cover (LC) products with climatological 7-day time series representing seasonal dynamics of the land surface, Medium Resolution Imaging...
Publisher(s) / Maintainer(s):
Statistical Commission of the United Nations
Land cover being altogether the observed image of ecosystems and of the effects of land use, practical classification may put the emphasis either on vegetation forms or on landscape features shaped...